Susan and Troy were both super curious to find out what sort of magical demonstration Sam got. Sam was blushing and trying to avoid discussing it. Melissa was sort of egging her brother on and dropping hints and comments about how cute and adorable he was during his time as 'Sammie'. And despite Sam's cryptic warning, Troy still seemed to really want to witness some real magic himself.
Seeing my horns and tail appear out of nowhere apparently wasn't enough, he wanted to see more. Or maybe he wanted to experience something himself, I wasn't sure.
I had a few gulps of my drink then set the bottle down on the coffee table and sat back on the sofa between my girlfriends. Then I let my eyes unfocus as I stepped backwards into Lily's apartment.
Like I figured, she was on her big leather sofa watching and listening. The only thing missing was a bowl of popcorn.
I slumped onto the sofa next to her and sighed. I didn't bother trying to hide how stressed I felt as I said, "Lily I don't want you to turn Sam or Troy into succubusses. I don't want to have sex with them all the time so they can deliver energy to you."
She wrapped a large arm around me and gently held me as she replied, "I understand Mara. And I know you were doing your best to avoid this situation tonight."
"I know I can't stop you if you decide to do that stuff, if they want to sign deals with you or whatever," I said with another sigh. "If they end up wanting some kind of contract with you, is there any other way you can handle things? Like I don't know, either not make them into succubusses or make it so they deliver energy to you some other way? So I'm not involved?"
She sighed as well, "I don't know Mara. As you're aware, my powers are limited while I'm bound to you. But let's not get ahead of ourselves, ok? We don't know that either Sam or Troy would want to join us. Right now Troy just wants to witness some magic."
I nodded slowly, "Yeah I know Lily. But I can't shake the feeling like that's where we're going to end up at some point."
Lily still had an arm around me, and she was quiet for a few moments as she considered the situation.
Finally she suggested "How about I give them all a demonstration that won't involve doing anything to either Sam or Troy? It should impress them both, but it may possibly scare them as well. And it means Melissa and Susan will at last get to see the real me."
My eyes widened as I looked up at her, "Really? How? What are you going to do?"
She smiled, "I'd prefer to surprise you too Mara. I hope you'll enjoy it though."
My heart was racing a little at the idea of my girlfriends finally getting to see what Lily really looked like. I wondered if she was going to somehow bring them in here. Like if she could get all five of us in here with her that would be amazing.
"Ok," I nodded. "What do I do?"
Lily replied, "Step back out into the body and finish your drink. Then I'll take over."
"Ok Lily," I smiled. "Thanks!"
I did as she said, and a moment later I was back in the hotel room, on the sofa with Melissa and Sue. They were still both talking with Sam and Troy, all four were going on about magic and demons and everything. I just quietly picked up my bottle and drained the last of my cooler, then set it back down again.
As soon as I put the bottle down I found myself in the 'back seat' as Lily took control.
We quietly stood up and stepped away from the others, then moved to stand in the middle of the room next to the bed. To my surprise Lily pulled our nightshirt off and tossed it onto the bed, leaving us fully nude.
That got everyone else's attention, both my girlfriends and Sam and Troy looked over at us. They all seemed as surprised by Lily's actions as I was.
"Mara, what are you doing?" Melissa asked.
"Mara isn't here right now," Lily replied calmly. We glanced at Sam and Troy and she added, "My name is Lily. And to quote my friend Mara, you cannot spell 'demonstration' without 'demon'."
A warmth passed over our entire body as our perspective shifted. Suddenly we were much taller, and we felt strong, powerful. We were crouching slightly, and as we glanced down I realized our body had changed. We didn't look like me anymore, our body looked like Lily. Like the real Lily. I felt us flex new muscles across our back as our wings unfolded.
Melissa, Susan, Sam, and Troy all just stared wide-eyed as they remained motionless in their seats.
I felt us smile as Lily announced in her voice rather than mine, "Mara and I will be back momentarily."
Then we turned. We took a few long strides then ducked down and dove, straight out through the window.
There was no impact, no sound or sensation of glass shattering. We passed through as if it wasn't there, and suddenly I felt the cold of the night-time winter air rushing past as we started to fall. Then our wings stretched out and caught the air, and our fall became a glide as we swept out over the harbour.
With a couple powerful beats of our wings we started climbing again as we passed over some boats and the barge that would be the source of tonight's fireworks display. In under an hour the air we were flying through would be full of explosions and colourful sparkling lights, but right now it was empty and it was all ours.
It was like nothing I'd ever experienced before, and I never wanted it to end. We were flying, actually flying, and as we soared through the air so did my heart.
We crossed the harbour in seconds, and Toronto Island was now beneath us. We banked to the right and passed over the park and trees, then the island airport. Then we banked to the left and circled above the runway and taxiways, and after another left turn we retraced our path over the park.
Next we turned and spun in the night air, and with a few more powerful beats of our wings we were out over the harbour again as we headed back towards the city. The skyline was lit up brightly with all the buildings and streetlights, and we started climbing higher still as we began flying towards the tallest building in town.
A minute later we landed, perched above the restaurant dome half-way up the CN Tower. Our wings folded and we stood there looking down at the city below us as the cold night air bit slightly at our naked skin. It felt cool and crisp and refreshing as it filled our lungs.
Where I was in the back seat I couldn't really speak or communicate, but I didn't dare step inside to Lily's apartment. In there I was just me, just Mara. Right now I was Lily. Or at least, I was experiencing what it was like to be Lily. I was sharing her body, rather than her sharing mine.
We walked around up there above the rotating restaurant, we made one complete circuit as we surveyed the city below and around us. The view was incredible. If it were just me I probably would have been terrified to be standing unprotected so high up above the ground. We had to be well over a hundred stories up. Even more of the tower stretched up above us, but most of the rest of the city was beneath us.
After a few minutes of just enjoying the view and the height and the clean crisp air, Lily finally spoke.
"Mara I'm sorry but before we rejoin the others, I must feed. As much as you and I are both enjoying this experience, it's very draining for me and I cannot keep it up much longer. I promise I'll wake you before it's over, so you can fly with me once more before I have to rest."
I couldn't really respond, but I tried to think really loudly that I understood.
We turned and dove off the side of the structure and started to plummet head-first towards the pavement below, and our wings didn't open till we were more than halfway down.
It was the wildest and most exhilarating thing I'd ever experienced. I wondered if that was what skydiving felt like. I could feel our heart pounding as our wings beat and we raced up one of the big city streets. Cars and people passed below us without noticing the big blue demon soaring by a few dozen meters above their heads.
Next we banked upwards, and my vision started to go dark. Then we arced and turned down into another steep dive, just before I blacked out completely.
It felt like only seconds had passed when I woke up. We were soaring out over the lake again, mere meters above the dark frigid water. We passed over the fireworks barge once more and for a moment I could smell the gunpowder of all the charges waiting to be set off. Then we angled upwards as our wings started beating again.
We flew almost straight up into the night sky, then spun and dove again. Our wings caught the air once more and we levelled out just above the water, then finally we started gaining altitude as we flew towards one of the buildings along the lake shore.
I recognized the building as our hotel and we were were flying straight for one of the windows. As we got closer I could see four familiar faces pressed against the glass, eyes wide. At the last moment they all ducked and we passed straight through the window over their heads.
We skidded to a halt as the claws in our foot-paws dug into the carpet, ripping eight deep furrows into the broadloom as it absorbed our momentum. Our wings were folded up again on our back, and we were crouched slightly to avoid bumping our head on the ceiling.
Melissa, Susan, Sam, and Troy lay scattered on the floor next to the window. They'd all hit the deck when we returned, but now they were scrambling to their feet as they stared wide-eyed at us.
I felt another pulse of warmth pass through our body, and our perspective shifted again. I automatically knew it was once again my body rather than Lily's. We were smaller, our tail was shorter and skinnier but our horns were a bit longer. We had no wings, and our feet were human and without claws. We were breathing hard from the exertion and I could feel our heart was still pounding.
Then I found myself back in control and I fell to my knees. I was giddy, I was speechless, I had a huge smile on my face and my own eyes were probably as wide as those of my friends, who were all still gaping at me.
I slumped over and wound up laying spread out on the floor on my back, stark naked with a huge happy grin on my face. I gasped and giggled, "Holy FUCK that was AMAZING!"